The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-11

did not take of during his stay in the hall.
IL was not raining and according to the
" IiAeSss best recollection 1t was clear
night
MRS. MCMILLEN
testified that she resides with her mother IN |
Hiverview. Previous to going there she |
lived in Colorado, where her husband died. |
1T the time Of and previous to the wreck |
AlOnzo SPARKS boarded at her house. He |
was a brother-in-law o: Jacob Borden. On |
Sunday, April %, Mr.. Sparks was very |
sick with a eOngessive chill. Mr.. Borden |
and his wife were sent for and came over |
during the afternoon. They remained un-
Ill about ten o'clock In the eveding. Rob |
ert Geers, who was a neighbsr, came in
between six and seven o'clock In
the eveuiug, and when Mr. and Mrs. BOr- |
den left they requested him to remain
with the sick man. Geers COM
piled and staid in the witnesses house until
three o'clock in the morning OF Monday,
April 20. The witness remained with the
sick man after Geer's departure.
On cross-examination the witness said
that her sisters child was taken sick on
Saturday and died on Sunday the 18th OF
the same month, and that hec mother had
been an invalid for two years. Medicine
was being purchased from time to time Tor
her She remembered the date of Sparks
illness, because it was just week afrer her
sisters child died. During the night OF
Sunday, April 3, she gave medicine to
the sick man (AlonzO Sparks J every two
or three hours.
MRS. LIZZIE GEERs,
the wife of Robert Geers, one OF the men In
Jail for causing the wreck, followed. She
testified that she at present resides In Arm
strorg and substantiated the statement OF
William Borden and Mrs Mcmillan, that
her husband Robert Geers) sat up with
Alonzo Sparks the night before and the
morning of the wreck.
Mrs. Geers finished her testimony at Ills
o'clock. The attorneys for the defense then
asked that the court take a short recess.
which was ordered by Judge Hindman
The defendants counsel then retired, and
after q consultation lasting twenty minutes,
returned into court. Governor johnson
then said that, Notwithstanding the defense
had still large number of witnesses that
had not been called, it had been decided to
submit the case without introducing fur
Their testimony.
GEORGE A. FOwLE,
alias "Brother Alfred" was then again
called to the stand to give evidence in re-
buttal. He was asked by Judge Laugh
| lin:
"To how many persons did Mayor
Harmon introduce you as Brother Al
| fred ?"
"To that We object" said Major War
ner, Gas not being proper evidence IN re-
buttal. That was all gone into on the d.
rect examination"
Judge LaughI!n and Mr.. Waggoner in
sisted that in view of the positive denial
by Mayor Har7on of the statements made
by the the witness Fowle, and the assertion
of Mayor Hannah thai he had net introduc-
| ed Fowle TO any one as "Mr. Alfred" or
"Brother Alfred" 1t was competent to
snow by the testimony of the witness that
the statements of Mayor Harmon on the
stand were not true
1 GOVERNOR JOHNSON,
Major Warner and Mr.. Hutchins insisted
that the prosecution could not bring the
witness upon the stand TO testify to matters
brought out during the discrimination
of Mayor Harmon by the counsel for the
state They could ouly examine him up
on matt.rs testified to by Mayor Harmon
during his direct examination, and those
matters must relate directly to the defend
ant Hamilton. Any conversation had be-
tween the witnesses when Hamilton was
not present, testified to by witnesses for the
defense upon cross-examination, was not
competent testimony, and was not proper
rebuttal
Judge Hindman said he would allow
the witness TO answer questions put for the
purpose of showing that the witness,
Fowle represented himself as the agent
of Mr.. Powderly and that he had been
introduced by Mayor Harmon as "Mr.
Alfred"
The question was then withdrawn and
the witness was asked:
"Did you ever meet Mayor Harmon at
the ST. James hotel %
Objected to and the objection oyerruled
Exceptions by the defense.
az did not, and he was not to my knOwl-
edge ever there" replied the witness.
"When you came to WyandOtte, y
confined Judge Laughlin, "did you
bring letter to Mayor Harmon from
Lloyd|
Objected to and the objection sustained.
"What did Mayor Harmon do with the
letter ~
ONleCIeu 10 anu the OOJeCtlOn O"cAluiCN
Exceptions by the defence.
r "He tore it up and threw it in the waste
basket"
VIII. Robinson was then called. He
, testified that he is a coal dealer.
"Did you ever hear Mayor Harmon
speak of Brother Alfred ?" asked Judge
Laughlin.
Objected to and objection overruled.
? "Yes sir" replied the witness.
I what did he say ABOUT Fowle"
Objected to and the objection oyerruled
: Exceptions.
81 never heard him speak" said the
witness, "abOut FOwle. | heard him
, speak abont Alfred"
: Major Warner and Sr. Hutchins boil
, objected to further evidence intended to